What does it mean to be a successful graduate? Most states officially define it as someone who completes the correct number of courses, demonstrates a high GPA, is admitted to a college, or gets a ...

When Amy Sherald was selected to paint the official portrait of Michelle Obama eight years ago, many people in the art world didn't know who she was. They do now. At 52, Sherald has become one of ...

How former presidents, first ladies and billionaires choose the artists who paint their portraits—and what you can learn from them. An exhibition of portraits by Y.Z. Kami. Courtesy of the artist and ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Some portraits on view at the Print Center exhibition, “Caste,” look Frankensteined.

Lucas Zwirner faces to the side in a swirl of pigment washes of purple and blue. When Elizabeth Peyton’s painting of her friend, the heir-apparent to the Zwirner gallery empire, debuted at Art Basel ...

Artist and longtime Smith faculty member Katy Schneider is no stranger to the art of portraiture. Her painting of former Smith President Carol Christ now hangs in the Klingenstein Browsing Room in ...